April Rhapsody Explained

Native Name:	Child: yes Hide: no Header: none P: Rénjiān Sìyuè Tiān L: April in This World
Language:	Mandarin, English
Num Episodes:	20
Runtime:	45 minutes
Channel:	TTV PTS CCTV ATV

April Rhapsody is a 2000 TV series written by Wang Hui-ling, based on the romantic life of Xu Zhimo, one of China's most renowned poets in the 20th century.

Virtually all characters in the story are historical, but the plot deviates from history somewhat. After the series' broadcast, historian Liang Congjie blasted the show and denied his mother Lin Huiyin's relationship with Xu was anything other than platonic.^[1]

Cast

Main

• Huang Lei as Xu Zhimo
• Rene Liu as Zhang Youyi (Chang Yu-i), Xu Zhimo's first wife
• Zhou Xun as Lin Huiyin, Xu Zhimo's close female friend
• Annie Yi as Lu Xiaoman, Xu Zhimo's illicit lover who became his second wife

Supporting

• Zhou Zheng as Xu Zhimo's father
• Mou Yun as Xu Zhimo's mother
• Li Jian as Amah in Xu household
• Sun Bin as Shen Shuwei, Xu Zhimo's cousin
• Wang Gui'e as Lin Huiyin's mother
• Wu Jun as Liang Sicheng, Lin Huiyin's husband
• Sihung Lung as Liang Qichao, Liang Sicheng's father
• Guo Chunxiang as Liang Sicheng's mother
• Ma Yue as Wang Geng, Lu Xiaoman's husband
• Wang Ban as Carsun Chang, Zhang Youyi's brother
• Tien Peng as Chang Kia-ngau, Zhang Youyi's brother
• Li Liansheng as Zhang Youyi's father
• Zhao Xiaonan as Zhang Youyi's mother
• Feng Lei as Weng Ruiwu, Lu Xiaoman's lover
• Shao Wanlin as Lu Xiaoman's father
• Gao Fang as Lu Xiaoman's mother
• Li Jie as Shen Congwen
• Li Hongwei as Jin Yuelin
• Ma Jie as Hu Shih

Notes and References

1. 梁从诫直言：电视剧《人间四月天》是对历史事实和文化精神的双重歪曲